I've had occasions where I really thought I had left my car unlocked, say after bringing in groceries. But when I get back to my vehicle (2015 Dodge Journey) I sometimes find it already locked.
If the fob is outside the vehicle, and the car is left alone with the doors closed for some time, does it automatically lock?
I would greatly appreciate answers with an official source (an owner's manual, a spec sheet from Dodge, or something similar,) not personal experience.
Dodge Journeys have, according to your manual, auto-lock settings in u-connect (oddly named auto-unlock) that have five or six requirements for auto-lock to work. These involve key location, how it was unlocked last time, etc. https://carmanuals2.com/get/dodge-journey-2015-owner-s-manual-31115. Also supposedly your car has "keyless enter and go" which unlocks the car if you touch the door handle while you have the key fob on you. It also re-locks if you never open a door.
I agree with the previous statements however my wife has locked her key fob in the vehicle twice. She unlocked it with her fob and opened the back door to get stuff out. After about 10 minutes she shut the door. When she went back out it was locked so apparently it does not look for the fob when the back door is opened. This feature is the worse thing they could ever have come up with.
